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The Second Staere of the Souths Development. Thft larsre exDansion and di- versification of the industries of the South since the expulsion of the last of the carpet-bag gov ernments in 1876, which attracted attention in 1880, lias since become one of first and the most striking facts of j our time, is set forth by the Manufactur ers' Record, of this city, in an interesting pamphlet of 03 pages entitled frather inaptly, we t 'hink-j " The South's redemp tion, "j" It is difficult to imagine in what sense the South can be said properly to have been deemed." It has worked j re gard since the civil war, saved money, opened its mines, jjuilt factories, constructed railroads, cevelopfid its natural resources and diversified its employments, but this has been a grac ualj and progressive movement, the im pulse for which had its origin in the tremendous exertions in eVery line of effort during the civil war. The first quickening of industrial life in jthe" South on a large scale occurred un questionably during that con test, when its people, thrown xipon their own resources, ac complished wonders in many lines of production. i The philosophy of the gress of the South j is pro well orked out m a brief letter of he Hon. Wm. C. P. Brecken- idge, of Kentucky,1 to the Rec- rd. I he souths hrst invest ment of its accumulating :capi- tal was in lands and slaves. " The country," says Mr. Bjreck enridge, "was so new and the lands so fertile that the induce ment to put Southern capital into land and into ! labor 'disci- lined bv ownership iwere so reat as to prevent it finding nv other investment, hand the eculiar form of planting in the otton and sugar States gave to ny one engaged in I it ample oc- upation for any gifts he might ave. The emancipation the egro necessarily changed all his and required other lrivest- ents to be found and other vo- ;ations to be followed. The dimate oi the bouth its ex austless mineral? resources, its enormous lumber interests, its unusual; river- capacities for transportation, rendered it cer1 tarn that as soon as the losses of the war were repaired the development there would seem older ; the tered to be marvelous.". The industry paid handsomely! new, entorced dvi an a tenure of labor, will well. i ! Py as The money loss to t he South irom the civil war, to the Record, was according" at least $5,000,000,000, or nearly twice the total amount ot capital in vested in manufactures in the United States in 1880. The as sessed value of property in the South in 1860 was $5,200,0(0,000; in 1889 it was but $4,220,16:6,400, showing that the losses of war and reconstruction have hardly yet been repaired. (But the pro gress in recent years has ( been fast. From 1880 to 1889 the in crease of assessed i value! was $1,306,729,927. 1; The true value, as distinguished from assessed value, has inqreased, the ! Rec ord . thinks, by twice j that amount. There is at present in several States,! we observe, a "flash" prosperity! at certain points where speculators are booming town lots, but japart from this the progress of the past decade has indeed been wonderful. j j j I The! cotton crop in 188) was 5,755,359 bales, worth $313,696, 452 ; in 1890 the figured are 7,250,000 bales, worth $39Q ,000,- 000. There were mills, m isso but U61 cotton with 667.854 spindles ; in 1889 the numbers 9 v hre 355 mills and 2,035,268 j spin pies. In corn, wheat and oats there has been a gain of 221,- H)0,000 bushels since 1879, and n live stock there has been a ain in values; of $177,700,000. Railroads !have grown!! from 20,612 miles to 40,521 miles, the amount expended on railroads since 187'. being about $806,000, 000. The foreign commerce of the South has greath' increased. Its exports grew from $223,581, 558 .in 188. to $290,540,296 in 188!. The production of pig iron in the South in 1880 was 397,301 tons; in 1889 the pro duct was 1,566,702 tons. As about 30 furnaces, with an aver age capacity of 100 tons per day, are under! contract and in process of construction, the out put promises to be largely in creasea in tne near With the growth of production there has 1 ill future. pig iron been a corresponding increase! of f oun dries, rolling mills, machine shops, etc., to convert)the crude material into higher forms. The coal output has also peen rapid ly increasing. In 1880 it was 6,049 J471 tons ; in 1889 it was 19,497,418 tons. The 40 cotton seed oil mills oflthe census year, with a capital of $3,504,500, have grown to 213 mills, with $20,000,000 of capital. The lum ber mdustry lias greatly in creased, the recent investments in timber lands-being estimated as high as $100,000,000. Phos phate rock mining, fruit grow ing, trucking and canning are industries that bring new and large returns to the South, j With the increase of business since 1879 there has naturally been a rapid increase of bank ing facilities. The number of national banks, for example, in the vear named, was 220: with $45,4p8,!)S5 of capital ; in 1889 the number had grown to 4 1 2, with At t a capital of $76,454,510. le same time there was a large and wholesome verm growth! of savings banks a sure evidence of increasing thrift. M A gratifying circumstance in connection with the industrial advance of the South indicated by the figures here quoted, is the fact that it is mainly the workj of the Southern people themselves, and not of aliens. Southern capital and Southern labor have solved the problem of progress under conditions that are weighing down other sections of the Union. " South ern says ehtit ehergy and the Record, enterprise, " are mainly ed to the j credit for what has been accomplished." Bal timore Sun. Remodeling the Federal Courts. The efficacy of the new rules was shown on j Tuesday when the Republicans rushed through a bill ; remodeling the Federal Courts without giving the Dem ocrats an opportunity hardly to see what the bill was. In ef fect it transfers all of the orig inal jurisdiction of cases from the Circuit Court to the District! Coun;s, which now become much more important than ever before;) j The Circuit Courts are! to be appellate courts exclusive ly. There are to be nine of! themi i They are to sit at Bos-! ton, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, New Orleans, Cin cinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco, i ! " ! The Supreme Court Judges are no longer to ride the circuit; but the court is to be composed of trie Circuit Judge and two others who are to be appointed by th!e: President. If any Cir cuit Judge is absent a District Court Judge is to fill the place. Appeals lie from the District Court to the Circuit Court. The; Circuit Court has final and con clusive jurisdiction of cases brought from the District Court on appeal where the! jurisdic tion of the District Court is by reaso n of the, citizenship of the parties, and in , which no Fed eral question is involved. The Democrats thought that the judges ought to be divided! between the parties, but the Re publicans considered that they would make hay while the sun! shines, and set in a lot of judges for life. News and Ob server. ! ! ; Miss Davis'; Marriage. It now transpires beyond the shadow of "; a doubt that the young man whom Miss Winnie Davisj is to wed is not a scion of a howling abolitionist and South hater, as has bee.n al leged. ! : I The young man is himself a States right Democrat of the first water, and his father and grandfather were political faith. of the same He is a grandson of Judge! Wilkinson, the founder of Syra cuse, j JSew universally ored. I York,! j and a man beloved and hon- The Wilkinsons are an old aristocratic family which, from one generation to another, have stood at the top of . the social ladder! of Sv racuse. ! Miss Winnie's prospective husband is gentleman, among the a highly educated having graduated first Of his class at Harvard nhivprsit.ir Ha ic a lawyer by profession, and is re garded as oijie of the most prom ising and brainy young men of New York State; I ! The engagement is said to have come about thus : A year or so ago s ie was in Syracuse and considerable social atten tion was j Daid to her. Some! boorish people, however, treated her rudely because she was the daughter of the y arch rebel :" Young Wilkinson chivalrously; resented such treatment of the fair daughter of the Confedera cy, they ; became H interested in one another and the old story over. ' The Sixth. North Carolina Segment. j In the late issue of the " (War of the Rebellion," I find a letter written in the field near Hagefs town, July 8, 1863, by Col. S. McDowell! Tate, of Morganton, C, who was at that time Major of the 6th North Caro lina, to Governor Vance, imnie- diately after the j Gettysburg fight. Describing it. he says : j Our two brigade Louisiana and i North Carolina) were late m the evening (2d ordered to charge the north front of .the heights,- and after a struggle such as this war has furnished no parallel to. seventv-five North "Carolinians jof the 6th pgimerit and twelve lans of Haf s' brigade Louisian scaled the valls and planted the colors of the 6th North Carolina and Oth Louisiana on the guns, j " It was now fully dark. The enemy stood with a tenacity never before displayed by them; but with bayonet, clubbed mus ket,! sword, pistol and' rocks from the wall, we cleared the heights and silenced the guns. In vain did I send to the rear for support. I could not hold the place without aid, for the ; ii ,'i 1 1 enemy was massed in ail tne ravines and adjoining heights, and jwe were then mile from our lines fully half a Under cover of the darkness I ordered them to bi-eak and to risk I the ! fire. We! did so, and lost hot a man in getting out. I " Un arriving ai demanded to know I our lines 1 why we had not been r supported! and was coolly told that it was not known that we were in the special works. I! look for! no mention 6f our regiment while it is the only one that did go in and silence the guns on the heights, and what s more, it a had been support of a brigade sent ! to us, the slaughter of Ai P. Hill's corps would have been saved on i the dav following. This' hasty ! letter I write to you as an act of justice, and in com pliance with a promise to the men before I pass; off, if fall I must." Capt. Tom Evans .1 in North State. Permanent Race Types and Race i i . ! i Mixtures, j i In a recent article in the Bal I ! I timore Sun Dr. Bloomfield pre sent a number of very interest ing facts about the I antiquity and probable perpetuity of race characteristics, s bowing also in conclusion, that the . alleged )rw irv it i ' t- d sterility of mixed races is a fig ment ofBthe imagination. v The record of the white race in Egypt extends back some 3,000 years before Christ) How many centuries ir thousands of years the Egyptians existed in a sav age state Before they originated the earliest civilization j of his tory jis matter fod conjecture. Changes of human types occupy periods of time so vast as to jus tify ihe statement tHat within the limits os history race types remain unchanged! I The negro- represented in the wall painting at Thebes 3,500 years 1 ago is the jet black negro of to-day, with bulging lips, upturned nose and neecy hair. The races i had at tained their distinguishing char acteristics j before jthe dawn of history, and have remained es sentially unchanged I since that period j Cases of bleaching are reported, put they require verifi cation. Other cases ihave been alleged of persons bf white skin getting a brown or black skin by long residence in ( tropical countries, but these, too, vanish under Criticism. The principle i -LJ J. It . . ' 1 1 1 , 1 t appears io; ue unassanapie tnar spontaneous change of race does not take place to anv such ex tent jas to modify appreciably a given type with ordinary limits or time, ihe mixture of races doesj however, produce changes, and the product of intermixture is capable ff perpetuating itself . Ther is evidence, itj is stated, for the common belief that the mulatto, after a time ,' is sterile. In this country the fertility of the negro is undinjinishdL and nis interior social will, it is believed, more productive than position keep him the white. There is every reason to believe, says time Dr. Bloomfiel ,t the this country contains 600, 000,000 whites, wil contain ro.- 000,000 of negroes. wnatever anyone does or says, I must be g'ood ; just as if the gold, or the emerald, or the purple were always saying this, " Whatever anycjnb else; does, I must be emerald and keep my Marcus Mirelius In bottling catchup or pickles boil the corks; and while hot you can press- themi into the hot1 tis, and when cold they are iirhtlv sealed; Use the tin -foil from compressed yeast to cover the corks. I W. P. WHITTINGTON M. V.f TTN, yT LTV , ) Officii Fatten Avenue, secoJd floor, --772 II .1 i . . . I 1 I j n t : ! . - I II ! 1 A WHrVTT TP Y P i : J - r : : . " v Tenders is professional serrtces to the eiti zens ofj Asheville, and surrounding country. Kesidence lf8 oodtin street. t - DRJ F. AEKINGTON. Office rortms on Patt'n Avenue, over the clothing $tore of O. D. lilanton & C4. Kesidence, corner of Woodfin and Locust streets. S ; oclO-ly FOR SALE. A. Large kosewood PIANO, in good condi tion. plj- to MRS. S. E. BUCHAXAX. South Mikin street, Dec. t. A m TO SMOKERS SUFF CIENT: If you want; the best 5-cent cigar offered in this city pa' on me. lam agent tor i CtAEP Lj& SON'S NO. 11 0IGAES. .nd you will use no other. A. C. DAVIS. Try it Jj H. EATON, and Ornamental Plastering, Asheville, X. C. I - - i -!' All jobbing in his line promptly at tended at reasonable prices, and work janl-3m Battery Park Hotel! Asheville, North Carolina. Open, throughout the year. Elevation 2,600 feet : average winter temperature, 55 ; mag-; niflcentj mountain scenery ; hydraulic elevaH tor: electric lights and bells ; music hall, ten-j nis court, ladies' billiard parlor and Ixrw ling alley. jBeautirul drives and nrst-class livery b or desnptiye printed matter apply to JOHN B. STEELE, Manager. Buggy and Carriage Works, Manufactured or Bepaired In ! pest style, at reasonable prices. t - : i H. M. Howard, i : i Main St., Asheville, N. C.i Horse-shoeing a Specialty. GRAPE VINES. Several kinds of rooted young Grapej for s sale, lower than jthey can be bought at large nurseries, North or South Ironclads, Concords, Elviras, Etc. y to: S. N. STEVENS, Vernon P. O., Bunqombe Co. I THE OLD RELIABLE BARBER, PLUM LEVI, Has established himself at the corner; of Court Square and College street,' where he in vites his old friends and the public to call. An expert lady barber always in attendance. j Also in connection with the Barber Palace is a First Class Restaurant, where srood meals,! nicely served, can be had at all hours at rea-j sonabie prices.; CHICAGO ! AND ALTON R. K. EMIGRANTS OOINO WEST OR NORTHWESTi Will save time and money sroing via Chicago: and Alton Route. Vestibuled train be-i tween I St. Louis and Kansas Cit y. Reclin ing ch&ir cars and tourist sleepers free of cnarsre ito all Western States and Territories.! For low ratesJ maps and descriptive books; write to or call on B. A. NEWLAND, . 1 :l il I Traveling Passenger Agent. No. 10 Pattoii ave.. up stairs, Asheville. N W. D. ROWE, l I Mi l . , I DEALER IN Italian isi American Xarih, Granite, Etc. Al iance Warehouse, Asheville, N. C, All kinds of Monuments, Tombstones, Head-1 stones, Urns and Vases, Fencing land Cresting; made to order in the latest designs, 11 Purs Wines H Liquors ! :-: k : Public Square, 'ASHEVILLE, 1 c, Invite the attention of the trade to their.! S Large Stock of Ml WINES kU LIQUCES, WTiich is offered WHOLESALE RETAIL. Our Stock of Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarettes complete. !'b THE EST Ales and i Alwavs on! Hand. ' I. ' ' i ;. I ,1 '. Give us call when rou want something Strictly First-Class. Dec. 12,'8-1 y. The Iftg Soiithedi echoo nares voung luen and yoking ladies for the active duties oiousiness ma. uu corps of eU tjj T?!?? ystndanta mar enter at any time. - Diploma on craduatiqn. ftN t sw hersi No vacations. free. Addrea, j FT. N. CARRINGTON, (SUCCESSOR TO ATKINS fc CARRINGTON.) I .. "... WHOLESALE AIID ii -TT HAlD j j ;Eay,j Grain, Bran and Shorts. BEST JELLICO COAL J '' ; OFF-ICE NO. 8 NORTH COURT SQUARE, ASHEVILLE, N. C oct lOflm -THE WINE Tivr II I ! - I I I ' f Fine Sample and Billiard Room. NO 48 S. MAIN ST. j. HI THE CKORY, N. C. e A all n EL ECTRIC LIGHTS HOT AND th ON EACH FLOOR. sP ecial Cuisine and! Appointments Unsurpassed. FRANK a. M. SMITH. A S 1 1 EVIL LE, N. C. ' r 'I'll!''' ' ' Headquarters for Bright Tobacco Havingbeen selected by the Farmers' Alliance of Madison county as the Warf hous at which to sell all their tobacco we take this opportunity to thank o$ many friends for the patronage they gave us last season. We,can with confident sav' that we are in better . share to garm ' oi v, .r her - m. : i v t aa v. A-ii litis ss.ajii iiiail c4 fore.) Our Warehouse is being enlarged and otherwise refitted and our accom0: j datiqns are first-class m every particular. We are glad to say to our friends and customers that the outlook forjtobacco is very flattering, the grades they' produce are in demand, the manufacturers need them and are represented on our marke and they pay more for it here than elsewhere. Offerings are large and prices goo Asheville is k Pla e Western North ' e haVei With PTPt ovnon J maAo. tV,a Vov. "IX-l, !, 1?n(T W1! ? 2 f J? a -e where you attend MwSSri' SftS 8Pment- F &ri&fcDW Auctioneer; Keagan, Assist ant Bbok-Keeper. lull , i J SMITH & ROMJNS, Proprs. of business training. Thorough and complete course of etna J.T. JOHNSON, Principal, Knoxviife M EE TAIL DEALER IN n r nm nn a t bonanza; LEADING- AND LIQUOR STORE THE STATE. ASHEVILLE, U A. MARQUARDT, Manager. . HICKORY INN." . i Year Resort. COLD WATER BATHS AND TOILETS Attractions for Families. LOUG-KRAN, Prop. XT. W. K0LLIXS. THE WAREHOUSE :o:- to sell Tobaccos Raised ifi Carolina and East Teun. the sales oi your own tobacco, or have it joij have with w-tWs year John R. Baird.I John A. Campbell, Book-Keeper j J Elsewhere we give a partial list of actual
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